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Re: Roy Hibbert bonding with the rookies.

He took them MMA training a day or so ago. Sounds like he's setting a good example.

Wasn't that Area 55 people? Or did he take the rooks some other time too?

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Re: Roy Hibbert bonding with the rookies.

Cool, thanks. I missed that one. Saw the pic of him and two Area 55'ers after an MMA workout a week or two ago though.

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"Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." - Voltaire"Everyone's values are defined by what they will tolerate when it is done to others." - William Greider

Re: Roy Hibbert bonding with the rookies.

Honestly, when you think of the two guys who have ascended to the public face of the franchise status over the past 7 years, you couldn't have asked for two better guys than Roy and Danny. What a perfect antidote to the brawl years, two completely respectable guys who whether endearing us via their love of video games or superheroes or in Roy's case stuff like the MMA and his yearly summer workout plan have completely changed the public view of the Pacers. They are honestly a PR person's dream.

Re: Roy Hibbert bonding with the rookies.

As sad as it is, I would say Roy Hibbert has done more than the Pacers own PR department when it comes to reaching out to fans and being active in the community.

Well...sort of. I mean, the Pacers staff actually sets a lot of the fan stuff up. For example, the laser tag game. That all gets organized by the team staff, Roy publicizes it through Twitter and shows up to play with the fans. Roy may be the catalyst (do we know that for sure? hmmm. for all we know he and the PR staff brainstorm fun stuff to do together), but it is the Pacers staff working behind the scenes that actually handles the logistics. Not wanting to take anything away from the Big Fella at all, but he doesn't do it all by himself.

"Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better." - Albert Camus

"Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." - Voltaire"Everyone's values are defined by what they will tolerate when it is done to others." - William Greider

Re: Roy Hibbert bonding with the rookies.

Well...sort of. I mean, the Pacers staff actually sets a lot of the fan stuff up. For example, the laser tag game. That all gets organized by the team staff, Roy publicizes it through Twitter and shows up to play with the fans. Roy may be the catalyst (do we know that for sure? hmmm. for all we know he and the PR staff brainstorm fun stuff to do together), but it is the Pacers staff working behind the scenes that actually handles the logistics. Not wanting to take anything away from the Big Fella at all, but he doesn't do it all by himself.

Laser tag was a suggestion from Area55 members as well as Roy during last season. The Area55 trip to the movies was Roy organized, I get the feeling he brought the team into it when a bunch of crazed Pacer fans said they were in.

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Re: Roy Hibbert bonding with the rookies.

Laser tag was a suggestion from Area55 members as well as Roy during last season. The Area55 trip to the movies was Roy organized, I get the feeling he brought the team into it when a bunch of crazed Pacer fans said they were in.

I just think it's important to recognize that some of these things are a team effort, the Pacers staff do have a role in some of this and they are to be commended to some degree too!

"Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better." - Albert Camus

"Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." - Voltaire"Everyone's values are defined by what they will tolerate when it is done to others." - William Greider

Re: Roy Hibbert bonding with the rookies.

I just think it's important to recognize that some of these things are a team effort, the Pacers staff do have a role in some of this and they are to be commended to some degree too!

I agree. It's sad that we can't have a thread praising Roy without people trying to turn it into a thread bashing the Pacers. Every positive doesn't have to have a negative. And Roy's contribution to the Pacers and the city is a big, big positive.